tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post1791601510524775470..comments2024-03-01T06:49:59.106-05:00Comments on Behind the Bit: Diving horses of Atlantic CityStacey Kimmel-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498926535389535263noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-22918299338463227612008-05-04T20:56:00.000-04:002008-05-04T20:56:00.000-04:00That's amazing and honestly terrifying!!! Wow and ...That's amazing and honestly terrifying!!! Wow and everyone gives eventers a hard time...Alexishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09427779805031378745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-76768934175707608992008-05-03T15:15:00.000-04:002008-05-03T15:15:00.000-04:00There is a Disney movie about the first (only?) wo...There is a Disney movie about the first (only?) woman to ride the diving horses, Sonora Webster Carver. It's called "Wild Hearts Can't be Broken." <BR/><BR/>After seeing it, I did some reading on the diving horses. Quite an amazing thing. She went blind from detached retinas that were caused when her horse hit the water off balance but continued her act for many years! She lived to be 99.<BR/><BRLiz Goldsmith, EquineInkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16335463138124638275noreply@blogger.com